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authorRussell Keith-Magee <russell@keith-magee.com>2008-07-13 12:16:11 +0000
committerRussell Keith-Magee <russell@keith-magee.com>2008-07-13 12:16:11 +0000
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Fixed #7605 -- Added a note about SQLite database creation to Tutorial 1. Thanks to pfctdayelise for the suggestion.
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@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ database's connection parameters:
* ``DATABASE_ENGINE`` -- Either 'postgresql_psycopg2', 'mysql' or 'sqlite3'.
Other backends are `also available`_.
* ``DATABASE_NAME`` -- The name of your database, or the full (absolute)
- path to the database file if you're using SQLite.
+ path to the database file if you're using SQLite.
* ``DATABASE_USER`` -- Your database username (not used for SQLite).
* ``DATABASE_PASSWORD`` -- Your database password (not used for SQLite).
* ``DATABASE_HOST`` -- The host your database is on. Leave this as an
@@ -161,6 +161,9 @@ database's connection parameters:
this point. Do that with "``CREATE DATABASE database_name;``" within your
database's interactive prompt.
+ If you're using SQLite, you don't need to create anything beforehand - the
+ database file will be created automatically when it is needed.
+
While you're editing ``settings.py``, take note of the ``INSTALLED_APPS``
setting towards the bottom of the file. That variable holds the names of all
Django applications that are activated in this Django instance. Apps can be